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Ruston High School seniors Austin Meng and Nicholas Ruff have qualified as National Merit semifinalists.

About 1.4 million juniors in more than 22,000 high schools entered the 2015 National Merit Scholarship Program by taking the 2013 Preliminary/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test, and Austin and Nicholas were two of 16,000 to make the cut.

Austin has maintained a 4.0 GPA and scored a 35 on the ACT. A member of the two-time state championship RHS Swim Team, he has been inducted into the National Honor Society and serves as a Bearcat Mentor.

President Barack Obama challenged American colleges and universities to take part in a community outreach program coined Interfaith and Community Service Campus Challenge, which calls upon people from various walks of life to come together and find solutions for community disparities. Efforts range from building houses with Habitat for Humanity to mentoring, in addition to building social capital and civility.

OUACHITA PARISH — On June 5, investigators with the Louisiana State Police Bureau of Investigations and Homeland Security Investigations charged 52-year-old Michael Golden of Downsville with two counts of child molestation. The arrest was the result of an investigation of a website that traffics in child pornography.

Lincoln Parish residents enjoyed local talent for a good cause Thursday night at the Dixie Center for the Arts in downtown Ruston for the annual “Ruston’s Got Talent” variety show and fundraiser for the March of Dimes.

The event was hosted by Cindy Hockenjos, founder of the show and grandmother to twins who were assisted by MOD at birth. She said she believes her granddaughters would not be alive today had it not been for the foundation’s support.